im in the lower "safe" area with all the priests who profess to like peace & love etc, but when i picked a lock they appear to be somewhat devious as they all proceeded to jump me, then some yuan-ti jumped me whilst fighting so i got a little more suspicious, as i cant find a way out of this level currently without picking more locks, it seems a fight is unavoidable, is that what im meant to do? just slaughter them all?

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okay prepare to die you peace loving scum ;)

Heh. That was a fun level. You should have seen what happened when you have a Paladin in your party. Hee Hee. :D

Before you start killing everyone go through the doors and make the first right and open the door on your left, u can get healed before the fight. Then exit the room and go to the right, when u come to the T make another right and then a left and the hall will bend around a room there will be a yuan-ti there, the door will be on the right, there are about 5 people that were captured, release them and you will get more exp. Now the battle begins they will help kill the yuan-ti and everyone else. I hope you understand what I mean, it's hard to explain because it's been a little while since I was in that area and then try to remember. Good Luck.

I played that level last night and I realized I gave some wrong info. First of all there isn't a yuan-ti outside the door, it's a regular member. Second, I thought you got exp. for releasing the captives but I didn't see anything saying I got exp. for releasing them, but they do help you in the battle if you want their help.

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You can also kill the prisoners without moral points lost for their goodies. I felt too guilty, so I turned someone invisible and dragged them into some of the areas with monsters one at a time (this can be tricky--they all run for the open door at the same time, so you need to "cut them off at the pass" as it were). I let the bad guys do the killing for me! The drawback being that you can't sleep in peace unless you go up a couple of levels if they are all dead. Note that you have to kill that High Summoner nuisance before you get started with this tactic.